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Bill	CHARITABLE GAMES RE-ENACTMENT	Amends the Charitable Games Act. Re-enacts provisions of that Act affected by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 2998	Illinois SB 2998 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2006-01-20	2006-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/479ef300-82a6-47fd-89da-8865711b4cbd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2998&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=24159&SessionID=50&GA=94	c7634a395af6ed4b0c3da540e5b3ad41fc5f0ece358a4fdc0c54832788ad377f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2998 (94th) — CHARITABLE GAMES RE-ENACTMENT

Amends the Charitable Games Act. Re-enacts provisions of that Act affected by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 60–51 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2006-01-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2006-01-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-01 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2006-02-08 Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
• 2006-02-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
• 2006-02-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Executive
• 2006-03-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Executive
• 2006-03-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2006
• 2006-03-02 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2006-03-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2006-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2006-03-14 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2006-03-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-03-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-14 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-23 Motion Do Pass - Lost State Government Administration Committee; 004-003-000 committee-failure
• 2006-03-23 Remains in State Government Administration Committee
• 2006-03-24 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-30 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2006-03-31 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
• 2006-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-051-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-04-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-05-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-06-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-06-30 Effective Date June 30, 2006
• 2006-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0986 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/479ef300-82a6-47fd-89da-8865711b4cbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).